The Metropolitan Opera: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2026)

Plot Summary

In this new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel set shortly before the outbreak of World War II, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating electronic design elements and a variety of musical styles, composer Mason Bates’ score moves among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the realm of comic-book fantasy. Bartlett Sher’s production features towering sets and proscenium-filling projections designed by Jenny Melville and Mark Grimmer of 59 Studio. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts, and baritone Andrzej Filończyk makes his Met debut as the artist Joe Kavalier, who flees Czechoslovakia and arrives at the Brooklyn doorstep of writer Sam Clay, sung by tenor Miles Mykkanen.

Full Cast & Characters

Andrzej Filończyk

Joe Kavalier

Miles Mykkanen

Sam Clay

Lauren Snouffer

Sarah Kavalier

Sun-Ly Pierce

Rosa Saks

Edward Nelson

Tracy Bacon

Patrick Carfizzi

Sheldon Anapol

Craig Colclough

Gerhard

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